Report type

Immediate notification

Date of start of the event

14/01/2015

Date of pre-confirmation of the event

17/01/2015

Report date

18/01/2015

Date submitted to OIE

18/01/2015

Reason for notification

Reoccurrence of a listed disease

Date of previous occurrence

25/03/2012

Manifestation of disease

Clinical disease

Causal agent

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

Serotype

H5N1

Nature of diagnosis

Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy

This event pertains to

a defined zone within the country

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

• HAZAFON ( AVI’EL, Haifa )

Total animals affected

Outbreak statistics

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

• Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments

The epidemiological investigation is ongoing. 
The first time H5N1 occurred in Israel was in March 2006 revealing 9 outbreaks.
Since then, all the outbreaks that occurred in commercial flocks were also in March (2011, 2012) except one outbreak that took place in January 2010, in the same region of the present outbreak (distance of 8 kilometers). The disease had been also diagnosed in a kindergarden’s minizoo at the end of December 2007, 3 kilometers from the present outbreak. This area has numerous water ponds with water birds wintering in them.
The culling of all the flocks is ongoing. Backyard birds in the village will also be culled.

Measures applied

• Quarantine
• Movement control inside the country
• Zoning
• Vaccination prohibited
• No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied

• Stamping out
• Screening
• Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)

Laboratory name and type

Kimron Veterinary Institute, Avian Diseases Laboratory ( National laboratory )

Tests and results